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Washington State Department of Transportation – NEWS
Olympic Region – P.O. Box 47440 – Olympia, WA 98504-7440 – 360-357-2600
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 30, 2023
Contact: Mark Krulish <mailto:mark.krulish@wsdot.wa.gov> , communications, 360-819-0375
Two lanes of US 101 west of Port Angeles back open after completion of fish habitat restoration project
PORT ANGELES – Traffic is flowing simultaneously in both directions again on US 101 west of Port Angeles. Fish also have more room to swim in Indian Creek with the recent completion
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Contractor crews working for the Washington State Department of Transportation have finished final paving and striping. That work was the last step of a project that improves more than
11 miles of habitat for Chinook, sockeye, coho, bull trout and steelhead salmon.
Crews removed and replaced an outdated culvert with a 180-foot-long concrete bridge. Biologists previously suggested the culvert was only 30 percent passable. The channel will now simulate
what is found in a natural stream and remove a barrier to fish passage.
While most of the work is complete, travelers may notice additional work activities off the highway, including sign replacement.
About Indian Creek
Indian Creek is about 10 miles west of Port Angeles in Clallam County near the Elwha River. Indian Creek is a tributary to the Elwha River.
Improving fish passage
State highways cross streams and rivers in thousands of places in Washington state, which can impede fish migration. This project is part WSDOT’s program to remove barriers to fish under
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* Fish barrier removal project: wsdot.wa.gov/construction-planning/search-projects/us-101-indian-creek-remove-fish-barrier <https://lnks.gd/l/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDMsInVy
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* Remove barriers to fish under state highways: wsdot.wa.gov/construction-planning/protecting-environment/fish-passage/improving-fish-passage <https://lnks.gd/l/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9sa
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